Officials Charge Riders Distorted Brutality Story
Jackson Mississippi sheriff says reports of brutality against Freedom Riders at the state penitentiary are distorted. He notes two riders Felix Singer and Terry Sullivan refused to leave a transport truck and were moved to the maximum security unit. The sheriff denies injuries or use of cattle prods, while a prison doctor cites weight loss from a hunger strike involving rider Price Chatham. City Judge James Spencer convicts 23 more Freedom Riders, bringing total to 163.
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State Penitentiary
Gilroy
New York
Kenneth Shilman
Oceanside
N. Y
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Chicago
Felix Singer
Terry Sullivan
Parchman
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Sullivan
Felix
Rider
Price Chatham
East Rockaway
Long Island
Chatham
James Spencer
Freedom Riders
Mississippi
March of Dimes To Award Five Grants in State
Five $2,000 college scholarships will be awarded next month by the West Virginia March of Dimes under the National Foundation Program. The scholarship committee led by Dr. J. P. McMullen reviewed 18 West Virginians' applications for National Foundation scholarships. Scholarships go to students pursuing nursing occupational therapy physical therapy medical social work and medicine. The four-year awards pay $500 a year and are allocated nationwide by population.
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Parkersburg
West Virginia
United States
Education Gadgets spark debate at convention
Atlantic City reports a clash over teaching machines and television as substitutes for teachers. Van Til and Dale argue gadgets threaten individuality and progress while urging focus on developing students’ problem solving and questioning abilities.
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Atlantic City
N. 1
van Til
Frederick M. Raubinger
William van Til
York University
Flavida
Pryf Edgar Dale
Ohio State
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U S Moon Man predicts US ahead in Moon race
James E Webb, head of NASA, says the United States will beat Russia to the Moon by 1970 using a rocket two thirds the height of the Washington Monument. He forecasts a three man lunar landing with a return to Earth, while Russia may orbit a three man vehicle first.
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Space Agency
United States
Ruseia
Washington Monument
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Moon
Earth
U. S. News and World Report
Kennedy
America
Webb
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